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A critical social research perspective on self-directed learning and information technology practitioners
(WASET, 2012)Information systems practitioners are frequently required to master new technology, often without the aid of formal training. They require the skill to manage their own learning and, when this skill is developed in their ... -
A critical synthesis of interventions to reduce stigma attached to mental illness
(AOSIS, 2014)Background: Interventions have been developed and implemented to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness. However, mental healthcare users are still stigmatised. Objective: The objective of this study was to critically ... -
A critical synthesis of interventions to reduce stigma attached to mental illness
(AOSIS, 2014)Background: Interventions have been developed and implemented to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness. However, mental healthcare users are still stigmatised. Objective: The objective of this study was to critically ... -
A critical systems perspective on research methodology for research in e-learning in information systems classes
(ISSS, 2014)The aim of this paper is to provide a critical systems thinking perspective on e-learning research in information systems classrooms. Many higher education practitioners are under pressure from their institutions to do ... -
The critical thinking dispositions of prospective mathematics teachers at a South African University: New Directions for teacher training
(Kamla-Raj, 2014)The researchers report on findings obtained by means of a sequential, explanatory, mixed-method study with a convenient and purposefully selected group of second-year Mathematics students at a South African university (n ... -
Critical thinking perspectives on work integrated learning in information systems education
(WASET, 2012)Students with high level skills are in demand, especially in scare skill environments. If universities wish to be successful and competitive, its students need to be adequately equipped with the necessary tools. Work ... -
Critical Transformation in Higher Education: Ethical Reflections on #Mustfall Movements and Concomitant Gender-Based Violence
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2017)Protest movements such as the #MustFall currently dominate the South African higher education landscape. This article focuses on such protest movements, paying particular attention to protests against gender-based violations ... -
A critique of social marketing in the non-profit development sector
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A critique of the unemployment insurance amendment bill, 2015
(2015)The contribution critically reflects on the proposed amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001 (the UIA / the Act), introduced via the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill of 2015 (B25-2015). ... -
Cross-bandwidth adaptation for ASR systems
(Pattern recognition association of South Africa (PRASA), 2013)Mismatches between application and training data greatly reduce the performance of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. However, collecting suitable amounts of in-domain and application-specific data for training ... -
The cross-cultural application of the social axioms survey in the South African Police Service
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2008)The objectives of this study were to investigate the replicability, construct equivalence, item bias and reliability of the Social Axioms Survey (SAS) in the South African Police Service (SAPS). A crosssectional survey ... -
Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire across 33 countries
(Elsevier, 2016)Cross-cultural invariance of personality measurement provides important information regarding the universality of personality traits. With the recent release of historical data from 33 countries on the Eysenck Personality ... -
Cross-linked PBI-based high-temperature membranes: stability, conductivity and fuel cell performance
(Elsevier, 2015)In this study different types of polybenzimidazole(PBI)-based High-T fuel cell membranes were investigated comparatively. The different membranes comprised: (1) ionically cross-linked PBI-excess blend membranes by mixing ... -
A cross-sectional analysis of the association between age and gender and prescribed minimum benefit chronic disease list conditions among South Africans with concomitant hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia
(AJOL, 2017)Background: Prescribed Minimum Benefit Chronic Disease List (PMB CDL) conditions are a regulated list of conditions most common to South Africa. Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and association between PMB CDL ... -
A cross-sectional survival analysis regression model with applications to consumer credit risk
(SASA, 2017)When performing long-range survival estimations, longitudinal survival analysis methods such as Cox Proportional Hazards (PH) and accelerated lifetime models may produce estimates that are outdated. This paper introduces ... -
The cross-tissue metabolic response of abalone (Haliotis midae) to functional hypoxia
(The Company of Biologists, 2018)Functional hypoxia is a stress condition caused by the abalone itself as a result of increased muscle activity, which generally necessitates the employment of anaerobic metabolism if the activity is sustained for prolonged ... -
A crossed product approach to Orlicz spaces
(London Mathematical Society, 2013)We show how the known theory of non-commutative Orlicz spaces for semifinite von Neumann algebras equipped with an faithful normal semifinite trace may be recovered using crossed product techniques. Then using this as a ... -
Cross–lagged associations between perceived external employability, job insecurity, and exhaustion: Testing gain and loss spirals according to the conservation of resources theory
(Wiley, 2012)This study investigates perceived external employability (PEE) as a personal resource in relation to job insecurity and exhaustion. We advance the idea that PEE may reduce feelings of job insecurity and, through felt job ... -
Cross–lagged associations between perceived external employability, job insecurity, and exhaustion: testing gain and loss spirals according to the conservation of resources theory
(Wiley, 2012)This study investigates perceived external employability (PEE) as a personal resource in relation to job insecurity and exhaustion. We advance the idea that PEE may reduce feelings of job insecurity and, through felt job ... -
CRP genotypes predict increased risk to co-present with low vitamin D and elevated CRP in a group of healthy black South African women
(MDPI, 2018)Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are independently associated with adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although an inverse association ...
